Jewelry-display device



G. F. GREEN April 7, 1931.

JEWELRY DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Dec.

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 7, 1931 irs are

weasel- JEwELEYsnIsrLeY nEvi'cE Application filed Becember 5, 1929. Serial lo. 411,824.

My present invention relates to jewelry 'display devices, and has particular reference to boxes for displaying rings and the like.

One object of the invention is to simplify the construction of this type of display device.

Another object is to reduce the number of steps necessary for assembling the display device.

A further object is to reduce the cost of manufacture of a device of ythis character.

With these and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists in a novel method of assembly and a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more particularly set for'tlrin the appended claims.

In the drawings: j

Fig. l is a perspective view of an assembled display box;

Fig. 2 is a central section thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the jewelry gripping elements;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fabriccoated cardboard used for blanking out the jewelry gripping elements;`

Fig 5 is a plan view of an element blank;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the gripping of aring; and f I A Fig. 7 is a section on the line/LJ?y of Fig. 6.

lt has been found desirable to simplify the construction and the assembly of jewelry 'display devices. l'have devised a jewelry device which includes hollow gripping elements assembled from fabric-coverec, resilient cardboard blanks, the front wall of each element being arcuate, and positioned in opposed relation to the front wall of a similar element to yieldingly receive .an article of jewelry therebetween. lVv have also utilized the rear walls of the elements as resilient kmembers continually urgingthe front walls forwardly, and l have `found thatthe side walls of the hollow elements, when assembled in a container, serve to maintainthe front walls against crushing; and the following is a ydetailed description of a preferred constrnctional embodiment of my invention.

Vfront walls move back against the yielding re'n Referring to the drawings,the speciicnovel display'device illustrated includes a container l0, preferably rectangular, with two hollowl elements ll positioned the-rein in opposed" relation. Each hollow element, asA shown in front walls. Y

rlhe hollowV element ll is preferablyv folded. from a blank l5, shown in Fig. 5, `which is j stamped or cut from a sheetl formedfof a 7@- cardboard base 17 and a covering of fabric or the like 18 secured thereto by any suitable. means, such as glue or the, like. vThe blank l5,- when stampedfout, is also creased as indi- @ated at i9, 2o, 21 and 22, Fig. aand the parts are then folded as shown in Fig. 3. In certain case/s,` a filling fof cotton or'similar yielding material may be inserted in the ele# ments, the Yr'valls'then being secured together 5 but l find-that the hollow element Awill func- St' tionperfectly (for all ordinary usage, and

that no glue -or`other securing means forthe walls is necessary.

When two hollow elements 'are assembled intoa`l container, as vshown in. Figs. l and 2, -55

the rear walls push the front `walls into contact togholdthe elementsl in lthe container, l and to present Jaipleasingappearanc'e; when l a ring such as shown in'F'ig. G'is inserted, thev g sistance of the rear walls until the side walls 13 contact with the rear wall or thecontainer walls, and then rresilientlyyield inthe center to accommodate the ring, as shown in Fig. 7.* w The container walls are'preferably resilientV 9@ to accommodate this yielding, particularly when-the article of jewelry is relatively thick. 'Y V- The resilience of the rear and front walls therefore causes the article of jewelry to bev firmly gripped therebetween, irrespective of l the length of nap or the fabric covering. This construction therefore eliminates need for a covering having a long warp; the elements may, if desired, be of cardboard alone, but a fabric covering is preferred to avoid scratching.

While iave described a preferred embodiment of my invention, changespin the form and in the assembly of the display may obviously be made, without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A box for displaying jewelry, said box being provided with two opposing members, one of said members' including means to resiliently engage an article to be held between it and the other member, said means being anchored along a substantially vertical line on each side of the article so held and being formed from flat sheet material independent of the box structure.

2. A box for displaying jewelry, said box being provided with two opposing members, both of said members including means to resiliently engage an article to be held between it and the other member, said means being anchored along a substantially vertical line on each side oit' the article so held and being formed from flat sheet material independent of the box structure.

3. A box for displaying jewelry, said box being provided with two opposing members, one of said members including a front wall to resiliently engage an article to be held between it and the other member, saidmi'ront wall beinganchored along a substantially ver tical line on each side of the article so held andvbeing formed from flat sheet material independent of the box structure.

4. A rbox fordisplaying jewelry, said box being provided with two opposing members each having a front/wall to resiliently engage an article to be held between it and the other member, and side walls `for anchoring the front walls along substantially vertical lines on each side oi the article so held, the front and side walls being formed from flat sheet material independent of the boX structure. y

5V. A box ordisplaying jewelry, said'box i being provided with two opposing members each having a front wall to resiliently engage an article to beheld between it and the other member, and side -walls integral with the front walls for anchoring the frontA walls along substantially vertical lines on each side ofthe article so held, the front and side walls being formed from fiat sheet material inde-A pendent off the box structure.

Intestimony whereof I aflixfmy signature.

GEORGE F.V GREEN. 

